Plumbing-fixture.



P. d'. MADDEN.

PLUMBING FIXTURE.

APPLIGMION NLRB JULY 211, 1909,

Fatented img. i8,

P. J. MADDEN. PLUMBING FIXTURE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 27, 19'69 Patented Aug. 13, mi2

3 SHEETS-SHEET P. J. MADDENa PLUMBING FXTURE.

APILXUATIQH FILED' JULY 27, 1909.

Patented Aug. 18, 191.2,

3 SHEETSv SHEET 3v PATRICK J. MADDEN, or sindaco; mutuels.

surname-FIXTURE..

Specification of Letters IPateJit.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

Application led July 27, 1909. Serial No. 509,913.

To il whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, Pnrnicii J. Mannen',aeitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county ofCook and State' of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulimprovements in Plumbing-Fixtures, of which the following is aspecification. j

All of the several features of the invention are applicable to alavatory and hence this embodiment oflit is selected for the purposesot' this application, but all or some one or more of its features arealso appli'cable to other plumbing `i.\:tures, such, for instance, aswater closets, flushing tanks, urinals, sinks, drinking fountains, andothers. yl-l'ence, while the following description will be confined tothe severalfeatures of the invention as applied to a lavatory, it iswith the understanding that I reserve to myself the exclusive right touse its several features in connection with any plumbing fixtures forwhich they may be adapted.

The invention relates in partto means for supporting the receptacle orfixture, proper; in part to an adjustable support., interposed betweenthe receptacle and an ultirmate or primary support, such as a wall,

whereby the receptacle may be adjusted horizontally, relatively to thewall; in part tomeans for adjusting a pipe to bring its verticallypresented open end into register witn'the opening in the bottom of suchan adjustable supported receptacle and holding it xedly, in its adjustedposition; and in part to the construction of the receptacle whereby itis particularly adapted for use as a lavatory.

rlhe invention consists in the features of novelty that are hereinafterdescribed.

In the Vaccompanying drawings, which are madea part of thisspecitication: Figure 1 is a, vertical central section of a lavatoryembodying the invention, the section being taken on the line 1-l, Figs.and 4i. llig. 2 is a vertical section of a portion thereof on the line 22, Figs. 3 and d. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section thereof on the lineFigs. l, 2 and 4. Fig. It a rear elevation thereof. Fig. 5 is a'vertical sectiony on a erger scale, oi the parts accessory to theopening' (in this instance the outlet oponing) through a. wall of thereceptacle -For the passage of water.

fr represents the lli-vl the back with an opening rz guarded by astrainer'. Behind the back of the bowl is a vert-ical chamber A whichextends from the under side of the horizontal top slabAzy at thev backof the bowl downward to a level below the bottoni of the bowl, and thebottom of this chamber is extended forward beneath the bowlfto a pointVin front of the opening a to form a passage a through which theinteriors of the bowl and the `chamber are in constant. opencommunication. The bowl A,- the chamber A and the passage connectingthem taken together con-.

stituto what is herein called tacle. 1

The bottom of the chamber A. (1'. e. the bottom of the receptacle) isprovided wit-h an opening a2 for the outlet of the contents ofthereceptacle. The circular wall of this opening flares upward and outward,and on its under side the bottom of the receptacle is countersunkaround" the opening, the outer circular wall o ot the countersink .beingiared downward and outward, providing a shoulder presented inward,toward the opening. lVithin the opening is arranged a t-himblecomprising a Haring portion B the recepaud .a cylindrical portion B. Theflaring portion is complementary to and bears iirmly upon the flaring'wall o? of the opening and its inner flaring face aitords a seat for thevalve for cont-rolling the opening. This valve'consists-of' a rubberring B2 of appropriate shape surrounding a tube B3 and held in plac'ethereon by a nut B* having threaded engagement with the tube.

The tube B3 occupies the chamber A and passes through an opening at thetop thereof. its upper end being provided with a suitable knob formanipulating it. Ity performs the double function of an overflow and astem for the valve B2, 1n the customary mauner. The cylindrical portionof the thimble extends into the countersink and is externally threaded;Onto it is screwed a ring C which bears against the bottom of thecountersink so that` when screwed home it holds the thimble firmly inplace and is itself thinly held in place by the thimble. The periuheryofthe ring is chamfered reversely to the flaring wall r1.3 of thecountersink to provide a shoulder, so that the twotogether torm a grooveof substantially V-shape in which 'fits one side of au elastic packingring l) of substantially diamond shape in lcross section. The othersidey of the pack- 2 ing ring fits in an annular V-shaped 'groove formedin a Harige e carried by the verticall-y presented open end of avpipecll.. l lWith the yparts thus constructed :and iarranged, a watertight, joint between .the retheiii toward eachother and compressing thepac-king ring D, and so tar as the present? invention is concerned, thismay be done by the drawings consists of a screw .E engaging `the pipe, anut F supporting the screw' and a housing i 3 supporting the nut, the,hoiis ing being'vint'egral 'with vtheI bowl, and Iso Vith thisarrangement, the pressure proyided, by tighteningf'the screw 'ra'ctsii'i'opposite directions agaiiistf'tihe reeeptaclefand pipe with a tendencytorforce tlieiiil'tt'iw'arxil each other and: compress the packinglriiig, but,

the pipe being supported, (as presentlydetical inoveineiit,vtlie''tight'eiiiii0* of t-lie'fscilew in fact drawsthe bo`w l"downwaidtoward support the receptacle' either'wli'ollyv or par;

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tially..;I Buttlie housing. the' broald means for toi-innig a tight]oint between the pipe and the receptacle, and` the' ni'ealns tor rsup-vupward displacement, forni pai-ts' ofy -th'e siibjectwinatter ofniy/PatentNo. 8'97 granted September 8,-1908,' and are 'not claimedbroadly in this application.

The particular means 'described, this applicn t ionfor coupling togetherand torni: ing a tightijoint ,between thej pipey and the receptacle are'Inot-clai'iiied in this applica- '.tion, but are niade the subject of adivisional application', tiled September 30, 1911'Serial No. 652,101.,lA i l'he distance'hetween the opening la? of 'the receptacle andthe'wa'lll G, or otlnrdpriinary support, is'deterniniedr by'lthedistance' ho-l distance -i'aries 'inoref oi`"le's in i ditl'eren't tix;

tures because ot' 'tliein'ipossi )ility of making, v

baking andgriiiding a niini'ber'of eartlieii'ware A. n f .u

thatI all of theui. willbc exactlyy alike in their ineasiirenieiits;llt' therefore becoiiies neeessary to proritle'iueans'foradjiis'ting-1tllie ceptacle and pipe may be inadeflpy'zyforcing' anysuitableni.eans.,,Theniieans ishown in 'shaped as ttncovev the "end ofthe 'pipe porting t-he receptacle, and' 'preventing itsl tween saidopening and th'ground surface n"A at the back of tlieh'oiisi'ngA, andthlsplater fixtures with siiih accuracy 4and pe'rfileetlioii`relativelfv tothe wall (l, in"ordeiftobriiig .when the open end of't'li'e p"ipe' is in'registertion E of the pipe-section E until it.coinpresses between itsA end 'and the, .Init-Hiram the -`externallythreaded projecting end of the pipe-section l Hunt-ilI it bears firmlyfagainsttli'erear face of thewall, whereby the wallie; yfirmly clampedbetween the two nuts and thepipe comprising the pipe-sections, E and l,firmly held against eitliergig. lyertieal' 'or horizontal movementrelatively 75 The vertically presented end of the pipe E provided with aprojecting-'annular lip 6, E and the ring C' is ooii-ntersunk :to-proridean annular shoulder .c adaptcdto' encircle and engage the lipland thereby aidthe packing 'l ringl) inpreYeiiting `the receptacle frenibeing drawn outwardrelatively to tliefend vofthe pipe or. relatif-:ctvto the wall.

Infini' patentatoi'esaid, the housing g 35` l' lies beneath and vjoinstl-ie'hottoui 'of' the bowl proper and the ground ie'rtieal suit'acea't'the. baclr'of the housing is finali wit-lrtlie ground sii-face of ashallow rib or raised portion ollowing the contour of the back 99 of thebowl, but in the presentcase, tli'epresenceot` the eharnlier=ir, andother parts 'i .hereinafter described, behind they bowl niakes'i'tdesirabletof,arry the sides ot' the housing upward to the under iside of-the' 95. 'i

horizontaLtop slab vA2 which' extendsvrear wardrfroiii the bowl. iTlie'housing tl'itis com I 4striicted, vlc. joining theftfopslab andieX- ltending downward toay level far belowl the bowl, and 4,joining the'bacle of the bowl and"10`0 l, 'i'

extending, rearward ato, a bearing against4 `the wall :andalsoextending"beneath'andl `joining the bottoni of thev bowlfseri'es to,lvery materially:strengthenthe tiirtiire 'and i l.prevent vits beingdistortedfor warped by 1(3 5 handling oinbaking.l The xture is stillfurt,ther strengthed by a hollow riin At which surrounds the bowl and iscontinuedrearward,

past the back of the bowlglo the wall, whereit -is provided with agroundsurface /Li which '11()v is Hush witlrthe 'surfacea* opposite -theslab y i? and with a ground surface as on a slial v low rib or.raisedzportion A5 which 'follows the top and sides of a vert-ioalbackor wall-A slab A?. rising from the top slab A?. tureis still furtherbraced and strengthened by horizontal webs Af which join the back .fofthc howl and extendifroni-'the sides of the housing A5 to the rearwardlyextending portions oli the hollow rini. 4The several 1207' parts goingtof-make up the fixture proper are designated hygtlie'letterrf or A withan exponent and all ot' them are molded of potters clay or othersuitable material and -seanied together so that when baked all parts12:5 i i,

of the fixture .proper are integral.v

. lAt, the. top Sideof the back or wall slab A i the rib or'ra-iscdportion A5 is undercut to provide an ov-erlianging lip A", the shoulderresult-ing from'-the' sloping inner face of 130 bracket and shoulder for'the double pur-' pose of lessening .the liability to breakagel i andafl'or'ding a yielding support for aiding the pipe E l insupporting thefixture. This bracket-L, (or these brackets where more than one is used,asin the present case,

where one is used on each side of the center of the receptacle) not onlysupports, or aids in supporting, the fixture, but by reason ot' theengaging inclined faces of the shoulder and bracket aids the pipe E Iand the coupling between the pipe and the receptacle in preventing thelatter from moving away from the wall. ,The'accomplishing oi; both ot'these results is further contributed to by a second bracket (l carriedby the plate M,

'a bolt l. passing through a. slot o in the bracket and projecting lntoa socket a! in the bottom web A7., and two nuts Q and R on the bolt. Thehead of the bolt bears against the underside and the nut Q bears againstthe upper side ofthe bracket O, so as to clamp the bracket between themand thereby holo the bolt fixedly in place after .it has been adjustedin the slot .o to such l the fixture is carried by tive 'vert icallyyielding supports located at three different levels. So far as theposition of these supports relatively to the face of the wall or theground surfaces at the back of the fixture are concerned, the uppersupports engaged sloping surfaces on the back of the xture, theintermediate supports are adjustable by reason of the slots 0, and thelower support is adjustable by reason of the horizontal adjustability ofthe pipe E.

lt will be understood that the ground suri'accs o* at the back of thereceptacle should bear firm y against the wall G, but in the manufactureof the parts there is more or less variation or irregularity in thecontacting surfaces oi' these parts, and it is in'order to couij'iensatefor these variations or irregularities that the intermediate supportsare made adjustable horizontally, and that the pipe/E l isalsomadeliorizontally adjustable. ln the assembling of the parts thereceptacle Erst placed firmly against. the wall. and brought to al'iearing up'on the bracket L: the bolt P is then adjusted horizontallyto properly enter the socket n? and by engaging the rear wall of saidsocket prevent the receptacle from moving ul'ward-Mhorizortally, :mayfrom the wall, sullicient clearance being lett between the nut R and thcreceptacle to allow for the compression of the several elastic packings;the pipe E vIr is then adjusted horizontally to bring its open upper endinto register with Athe opening a2 through the bottom of the receptacle,after which the nuts H and K are tightened up to hold the pipe againsthorizontal movement; the screw F is then tightened up to drawthereceptacle down, simultaneously compressing the several gaskets orelastic packings,`

and seating the receptacle upon its supportingl brackets, so that it isheld against upward displacement. ln order to accomplish the firstadjustment ot the parts more ror less trying, by placing the parts inposition and removing them and resetting the several adjusting nutswill. be necessary, but when the proper adjustment is once accomplishedthe receptacle may be removed and putl in place without disturbing theadjusting devices.

The subject matter of the present application was shown, described andclaimed,

substantially, by an application filed bynic December 2l, 1907, underSerial No. 407,604.

lVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a plumbingxture, the combination with the' fixture proper havingat its back a. downwardly presented Abearing surface and a wall againstwhich the back of the fixture bears, of a support for the fixture, saidsupport having a bracket carried by the Wall, and having a slotelongated transyersely to the general plane of the wall, a bolt carriedby the bracket, and laterally adjustable in said slot toward or from thewall, and a nut carried by the bolt and interposed between said bracketand the Eixture, said nut being adapted to engage the downwardlypresented bearing surface on the fixture.

2. In a plumbing fixture the combination with the fixture proper havingat back a downwardly presented bearing surface, and a wall against whichthe back of the fixture bears, of a support for the fixture, saidsupport having a bracket independent of the fixture carried by the wall,said bracket having an opening through it, a bolt passing through saidopening, 'an adjustable nut arranged on the bolt between the bracket andthe downwardly presented shoulder 'of theiixture, said .nutbeing adaptedto enga-ge the 1 top side of the bracket, and a second adjustable nursimilarly arranged on the bolt Aand adapted to engage the downwardlypresaid plates, 'the upperbrak'e. .engaging the. p'per 'sliolldr's' 4onthe fixture angl means in. re'ip'sfgfcllbetweendthe.` lower brackets andtheloy'vijSlioullnsl n the fixture for supl:porting `the fixture', Saicl`supportlng.-merms each; 'other'.

" bej'zu'fs, f' lilans'l for preventinglthe fixture..

V15 vlv'nll,v iSrticl Ir'feanshziving a bracket, carredl ,with :ALsupporting ,w1

, j ustable fm?A bringing 'th4 had: 'of the'I cepf tacleftoPa'rm bearing'againsti th' Wall, .means Ifor horizbntiilly ac'ljust'ing'fh. pipe.Telatively to' tliereeptale and holding tn its adjusted'posi'tion, andmeans for: forcing 'the pipennd receptacle'toward each other,relatively.` y

.6. In' a. plumbing lift-ure, the combination I

